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November #, 1967 • THE MERCER CLUSTER • 2 Cditozcatd In Answer To Mr. Goolsby In answer to Charles Goolsby’s letter in the last Cluster concerning the underdeveloped self-determination of Mercer’s women we find it hard to reconcile Mr. Goolsby’s letter with the facts. The facts are (hat at this moment the WSGA hand book is undergoing massive alterations and should develop into one of the most sweeping reevaluations of Mercer student maturity since the obsolescence of the chastity belt. If Mr. Goolsby would carefully read the Cluster informa tion on the gradual changes as they come about week by week then he will realize the magnitude of the task before the WSGA and their leadership. We only wish that the SGA would take as realistic a view of the SGA Constitution as do the representatives of Mercer’s women and begin a guillotine type rewriting upon that com position that is, alas, much like a chastity belt in that it keeps things fresh in SGA but when something like the much Dul cimer elections come up no one remembers where the key is to unlock all the secrets that are hidden behind its massive metal ignorance. Japanese Art; Reviewed By Diane Downer What is straightforward, refined, elegant, spirituid, musical, and bright all at the same time? What is of this world but not of our world, beyond the realm of Wes tern man's total understanding, and yet sharply appealing and in triguing? If you guessed Japanese art, you're close—if you ventured Japanese woodblock color prints, you score 100 on your art apprecia tion test. Japanese art has been around for a long, long time, and due to the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. A1 bert J. Kirkpatrick, Japanese cul ture came to Mac .n. The Kirk Patricks are former Maconites and are displaying a representative cross-section of their woodblock color prints in the Mercer Univer sity Art Gallery (in the Connell Student Center) from Sunday, Oc tober 15 through Thursday, Octo ber 19. The Macon show fo cused on the idea of giving an his torical survey of the art. and the Kirkpatricks gave gallery talks in order to thoroughly acquaint the 1 visitors with technique and mean ing The first gallery talk was given on Opening Day at four o’clock and was open for the gen eral public. Three other lectures were scheduled specifically for interested Mercer students on October Hi, during second, third and sixth periods. One of the Kirk patricks directed these lectures. The display was a selection of 150 prints out of the 1500-print collec tion. It has taken these art con noisseurs 00 years and miles of travel to gather their fantastic as semblage- prints come from all over the world, although idl are Japanese in origin. The total ex hibit ranges from Ukiyo-e prints of the 18th and 19th centuries through the Hanga prints of today. It in cluded the highly renowned Shin- sui 'Eight Views of Onu," the llasui "Thirty-Six Scenes of Travel," and one of the only two existing complete Yoshida sets, numbering 245 prints. The Green What? BY RON KING The Religious Activities Building at Mercer University known on campus as the "Green Shut ter” coffee house has not realized its full poten tial among the students. The original purpose of the "Green Shutter" was to encourage exploration as set forth by T. S. Eliot when he wrote, “. . . we shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and KNOW the place for the first time . . . .” The "Green Shutter” was built to offer a place for ex ploration and dialogue among students as well as faculty and campus guests. Although Mercer join ed a very popular movement among several sister universities by opening the coffee house, the "Green Shutter" has not enjoyed the popularity or the enthusiasm most coffee houses on other campuses have enjoyed. One begins to question why Mercer’s coffee house is so different from those found on other campuses. The "Jabberwocky” coffee house of Clemson College has practically the same purpose as the "Green Shutter." That puropse is "to pro vide a convenient and comfortable meeting place to stimulate administration- faculty-student dia logue and interaction.” The purpose is not the only similar aspect of the two houses. The facilities of each are somewhat parallel. Although the “Jabber wockv" coffee house is located in a basement, while the “Green Shutter" is an entire building, the two establishments resemble each other in sev end ways. The Clemson coffee house consists of a “long, narrow brick basement divided into three public rooms patterned after the 18th Century coffee house." These three rooms are divided into a study room, a game room, and a conversation room. The Mercer building has a study room fur nished in an early 19th Century decor; it also has a game room which has a ping-pong table ns well as other games. The other rooms in the building consist of a chapel, television room, kitchen, and the coffee house room. The coffee house room is furnished with small tables, randies for light, and a piano; the atmosphere is quiet and intri guing, and very conducive to conversation. De spite (he parallels of the two buildings, the Clem son coffee house enjoys a tremendous popularity, while the “Green Shutter" merely exists. However, the "Green Shutter" certainly should do more than exist. There is a definite need at Mercer for communication between the adminis tration, faculty, and students. The coffee house was created with this in mind, for it is open to ad ministration, faculty, and students of Mercer Most of these people have not taken advantage of this opportunity, for they have never visited the "Green Shutter." The coffee house was to be a plare that students at the university involved in fraternities or sororities, religious groups, and other organizations could meet on an equal basis, and share ideas and view points. Faculty members were invited to come to the coffee house to meet students and carry on informal discussions. Many of' the faculty members as well as the students at Mercer must not realize that the University even has a coffee house; for if they do, they are indif ferent to the fact. Faculty and students ignore this unique place where communication between lieople could be very helpful. However, the coffee house is visited by various groups of students occasionally. Several of the clubs on campus conduct their weekly meetings at the house, and a few people come to the build ing when a guest speaker to the campus conducts a discussion period. The building has much more to offer than just a place for meetings. The chapel is always open so that “through art, literature, quiet conversation, opportunities for aloneness with God." one could possibly discover a new meaning to their faith. The sitting room offers n quiet place to study, and coffee is always available to keep the student awake. The "Green Shutter” room is a greet place for group discussions, a game of chess, or piano playing. The building offers a good place to hring a date, for a couple could cook pizzas or popcorn, watch television, or play ping- pong. The "Green Shutter" has a great potential, but the students of Mercer are ignoring it. /letter *Jo *Jke Cditoz The Faculty Committee on Fel lowships, Scholarships, and Grad uate Study is happy to make this announcement: To the Danforth competition, to which we are allowed three nomi nees, the seniors are: Ann Jo Hen dricks, David Hudson, and Richard Van Buskirk. We wish to thank all seniors who presentisl themselves for interview; we enjoyed it if you did not! Of those students whose names were suggested by the Faculty, the following have been selectixl as candidates for nomination to the Woodrow Wilson competition: Dorothy Bailey, l>ee Canijie, Sandra Harrison, Ann Jo Hen dricks, Clyde Hoover, Bonnie Law rence, David Hudson, Peggy Mai lott, James Moore, James Resseger, and Richard Van Buskirk. The Committee is grateful for assistance from the rest of the Faculty and urges that all seniors be made aware of opportunities for graduate study. The members of the committee are always most ready to provide assistance, infor mation and advice to students Professors Byron Cox Hennecy Platt Raymond, ('limn Ware Dear Mr. Cauthorn: 1 would like to commend Chark L. Goolsby for his letter concemia Mercer co-eds and the WSG/ which was printed in last week) Cluster. However I think that h failed to show one important iteu of interest: What can be done ubo« the present situation? Herein I will try to show whatl think is a logical solution to tin problem of strict rules forced on ll* co-eds, e g., rules concerning drew smoking, late hours, language, etc I don’t suggest that the co-eds h allowed to have the same rules a boys ns I think Mr. Goolsby in plied in his letter. The reason for this is that a woman's reputation * much more at stake than a man. reputation. I think a more logical and ac. ceptable approach is for the co-«k to bring them home (from theii parents) a list of rules that theii parents think acceptable for the in. dividual co-ed. Many of the co- ••d-l have much more liberal behavior norms at home than they do at Mercer. Therefore, the co-eds could pursue a pattern of behavior not uncommon to their behavior at home. This would provide for the co-eds more of an atmosphere ol being nt home, and for the school a much happier group of girls. Sincerely, Roger L. Bell Dear Mercer Student, Because I seldom receive letters from you and because my daily evaluation of your concern with world affairs is poor I am drafting a small but pointed indictment. You are like a large broken vase that the curator of the Smithsonian Instituute is fond of pointing at and explaining your history. A small amount of water can be poured into your innards but comes seeping through your sides; you are pretty with your fashions, you are intelligent with your GRE scores, but you stink in your cracked and uniformed view of the quote un quote outside world. If I may be so bold as to propose that you attend Insight programs or perhaps even experience a heart flutter when some one switches the news to the cartoon show then I will be ful filled in my expectations as Editor of your; yes, your not my newspaper. The Editor of the Cluster develops opinions of every facet of Mercer University because that is his job and his headache. Now do not get bored and think that another editor is becom ing cynical or is bemoaning his job. No, I would never give you the satisfaction to know that I disapprove of your apathy. I loudly proclaim with joy that if you are not apathetic then you are quietly bored with anything that is not social or smacking of good ole Mercer attitudes. So here I am and there you are. Think just one minute and then you will have completed a much more complex mental task than you have attempted since you took your first step in the “muling and puking’’ stage. We all can throw back notes to a professor on an exam but our real education becomes apparent when we apply our con cern to the “outside world”. Now go ahead and throw this albatross away but it is not hung around my neck it is firmly on your pink little shoulders and there it can stay with “the thousands of other slimy things”. Sincerely, Tom Cauthorn Ulie JHHerccr (Cluster November 6, 1967 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom Cauthorn BUSINESS MANAGER Bob Lanier Copy Editor Contributing Editors Business Specialist _ Exchange Editor Volume XLIX, No. 6 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Wright Davis MANAGING EDITOR Steve Wright Claudia Young Becky Sims, Ed Beckwith Christy Tyler Russ Drummond Sports Editor Feature Editor Feature Staff Social Editors Cartoons _. Executive Editors BUI Dayton, Bobby Phillips - Art Hapner Dan Newell Karen Rivers, Milton Moore, Clyde Hoover, Judy White, Steve Darby, Roger Bell. Reid Banks Leonard Bone, Carol Bruce Roger Pfutm Photographer Bob Johnson Sta,f Wardlyn Mills, Dori Ripley, Chris Grets, Susan Scott, Pam Warwick, Claudia Wheeler, Carolyn Hamll- 1 ton - Cathy Germ. Dianne Downer, Charles Gookby, Sharon Young, Cornelia Bennett. Ginny Scherer. Lois ScheOar, Anne Rougman, lindk Poe, Ed Ward Special Correspondent* Bill Wehunt, Ed Bacon Faculty Advisors Prof. Anthony SUnsfeld. J. O. Pains 1 I I I